Patents by Inventor Cornelis Gerardus Maria De Haas
Cornelis Gerardus Maria De Haas has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11684753Abstract: An invasive medical device (10) is disclosed comprising a flexible sheath (11) enveloping at least one lumen (17, 17?) comprising an electrically conductive wire (20) including a deformable actuator (21) for deforming a section of the invasive medical device in response to an electric current provided through the electrically conductive wire, wherein the flexible sheath comprises a set of apertures (31) extending through the flexible sheath to the at least one lumen, said apertures being filled with an adhesive (33) anchoring the deformable actuator to the flexible sheath. A manufacturing method for such an invasive medical device (10) is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2018Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Franciscus Johannes Gerardus Hakkens, Cornelis Gerardus Maria De Haas, Johannus Gerardus Van Beek, Franciscus Reinier Antonius Van Der Linde
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Publication number: 20210401420Abstract: A device with bendable distal end of its elongate body and a system actuating the distal portion of the device is disclosed. A rigid elongate member fixedly attached to a distal portion of a grip structure and forming a pathway for pull-wires, can be manipulated by a control organ, such that an angular displacement of the rigid elongate member within the hollow grip structure with respect to the distal portion of the grip generates bending of the distal portion of the elongate body. The device may further comprise a mechanism for immobilizing the rigid elongate member with respect to the grip in a selected position, such that the bent distal portion of the elongate body remains fixed in the selected position.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2021Publication date: December 30, 2021Inventors: Franciscus Reinier Antonius VAN DER LINDE, Cornelis Gerardus Maria DE HAAS
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Patent number: 11123051Abstract: A device with bendable distal end of its elongate body and a system actuating the distal portion of the device is disclosed. A rigid elongate member fixedly attached to a distal portion of a grip structure and forming a pathway for pull-wires, can be manipulated by a control organ, such that an angular displacement of the rigid elongate member within the hollow grip structure with respect to the distal portion of the grip generates bending of the distal portion of the elongate body. The device may further comprise a mechanism for immobilizing the rigid elongate member with respect to the grip in a selected position, such that the bent distal portion of the elongate body remains fixed in the selected position.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2019Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Franciscus Reinier Antonius Van Der Linde, Cornelis Gerardus Maria De Haas
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Patent number: 10960183Abstract: A deflectable device (100) comprising an elongate body (110) and a folded elongate member (120) is configured to change an orientation of the distal portion (114) of the elongate body (110) with respect to the proximal portion (112) of the elongate body (110) upon an electrical current flowing through the folded elongate member (120) causing a change of a length of the folded elongate member (120).Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2017Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Cornelis Gerardus Maria De Haas, Johannus Gerardus Van Beek, Rudolf Maria Jozef Voncken, Jacob Roger Haartsen, Franciscus Reinier Antonius Van Der Linde, Franciscus Johannes Gerardus Hakkens
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Patent number: 10821265Abstract: The presence of the pull wire ring in the distal end portion leads to limited functionality of the distal end of a steerable medical device. A steerable medical device (1) includes a pull wire ring (100a-e) for imparting a bending movement on the steerable medical device. By providing the pull wire ring (100a-e) with an eccentric recess (105a-f) which defines a passage between a first end face (101) and a second end face (105) of the ring, it becomes possible to guide ancillary elements such as electrical lines, data cables and fiber optics past the pull wire ring (100a-e) further towards the distal end of the steerable medical device. By this measure, functionality of the distal end of the medical device is enhanced without obstructing a main lumen of the device.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2015Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Franciscus Reinier Antonius Van Der Linde, Franciscus Johannes Gerardus Hakkens, Cornelis Gerardus Maria De Haas, Cornelius Antonius Nicolaas Maria Van Der Vleuten, Adrianus Wilhelmus Dionisius Maria Van Den Bijgaart, Maurice Hubertus Elisabeth Van Der Beek
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Publication number: 20200289790Abstract: An invasive medical device (10) is disclosed comprising a flexible sheath (11) enveloping at least one lumen (17, 17?) comprising an electrically conductive wire (20) including a deformable actuator (21) for deforming a section of the invasive medical device in response to an electric current provided through the electrically conductive wire, wherein the flexible sheath comprises a set of apertures (31) extending through the flexible sheath to the at least one lumen, said apertures being filled with an adhesive (33) anchoring the deformable actuator to the flexible sheath. A manufacturing method for such an invasive medical device (10) is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2018Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: Franciscus Johannes Gerardus HAKKENS, Cornelis Gerardus Maria DE HAAS, Johannus Gerardus VAN BEEK, Franciscus Reinier Antonius VAN DER LINDE
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Publication number: 20200196836Abstract: An invasive medical device (10) is disclosed comprising an elongate device portion (20) attached to a handle (30), the elongate device portion including a flexible tip (21) at a distal end of the elongate device portion and a plurality of pull wires (23) attached to said flexible tip; and a plurality of electrically conductive shape memory elements (33) entirely contained with in said handle, each of the shape memory elements coupled to and extending in a length direction between one of said pull wires and a current source connection (61) arranged to provide an electrical current to said electrically conductive shape memory element, each of the electrically conductive shape memory elements having a negative coefficient of expansion in said length direction. The invasive medical device (10) preferably comprises a cooling arrangement (70, 80) for the plurality of electrically conductive shape memory elements to reduce the relaxation times of the shape memory elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2018Publication date: June 25, 2020Inventors: Michiel DE JONG, Jacob Roger HAARTSEN, Maurice Hubertus Elisabeth VAN DER BEEK, Cornelis Gerardus Maria DE HAAS, Adrianus Wilhelmus Dionisius Maria VAN DEN BIJGAART
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Patent number: 10561467Abstract: The invention relates to an interventional apparatus comprising an interventional device with a handle (6). The handle comprises a) a first guide (20, 51) guiding an optical fiber, which is also guided within the interventional device, from a first proximal opening (14) of the handle to a distal portion (21) of the handle, wherein the first guide only has radii of curvature being larger than 10 mm, and b) a second guide (22) for guiding an elongated interventional instrument from a second proximal opening (13) of the handle to the distal portion of the handle. Since the first guide is relatively straight, the optical fiber is substantially not bent or only slightly bent and the likelihood that the interventional instrument and the optical fiber press against each other can be significantly reduced. This allows for an improved accuracy of determining the position of the interventional device by optical shape sensing.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2015Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Franciscus Reinier Antonius Van Der Linde, Franciscus Johannes Gerardus Hakkens, Cornelis Gerardus Maria De Haas, Cornelius Antonius Nicolaas Maria Van Der Vleuten, Adrianus Wilhelmus Dionisius Maria Van Den Bijgaart, Maurice Hubertus Elisabeth Van Der Beek
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Publication number: 20190216448Abstract: A device with bendable distal end of its elongate body and a system actuating the distal portion of the device is disclosed. A rigid elongate member fixedly attached to a distal portion of a grip structure and forming a pathway for pull-wires, can be manipulated by a control organ, such that an angular displacement of the rigid elongate member within the hollow grip structure with respect to the distal portion of the grip generates bending of the distal portion of the elongate body. The device may further comprise a mechanism for immobilizing the rigid elongate member with respect to the grip in a selected position, such that the bent distal portion of the elongate body remains fixed in the selected position.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2019Publication date: July 18, 2019Inventors: Franciscus Reinier Antonius VAN DER LINDE, Cornelis Gerardus Maria DE HAAS
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Publication number: 20190151617Abstract: A deflectable device (100) comprising an elongate body (110) and a folded elongate member (120) is configured to change an orientation of the distal portion (114) of the elongate body (110) with respect to the proximal portion (112) of the elongate body (110) upon an electrical current flowing through the folded elongate member (120) causing a change of a length of the folded elongate member (120).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2017Publication date: May 23, 2019Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Cornelis Gerardus Maria DE HAAS, Johannus Gerardus VAN BEEK, Rudolf Maria Jozef VONCKEN, Jacob Roger HAARTSEN, Franciscus Reinier Antonius VAN DER LINDE, Franciscus Johannes Gerardus HAKKENS
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Patent number: 10281639Abstract: A solid state lighting strip (100) for mounting in or on a panel support element (210) of a modular panel system (200) including a plurality of solid state lighting elements (110, 110?), a light extraction layer (120) and a glare reducing layer (130) is disclosed. The solid state lighting elements are arranged such that the light emitted by said elements is coupled into the glare reducing layer via the light extraction layer. The solid state lighting strip (100) can be used as part of a lighting system, a panel support element (210) and a modular panel system (200).Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2012Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.Inventors: Fetze Pijlman, Wilhelmus Petrus Adrianus Johannus Michiels, Cornelis Gerardus Maria de Haas, Menno Van Baardwijk, Jochen Renaat Van Gheluwe, Siebe Tjerk De Zwart, Theodorus Johannes Petrus Van Den Biggelaar, Michel Cornelis Josephus Marie Vissenberg, Maarten Marinus Johannes Wilhelmus Van Herpen
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Publication number: 20170361066Abstract: The invention addresses the problem of limited functionality of the distal end of a steerable medical device due to the presence of the pull wire ring in the distal end portion. It relates to a steerable medical device (1) comprising a pull wire ring (100a-e) for imparting a bending movement on the steerable medical device. By providing the pull wire ring (100a-e) with an eccentric recess (105a-f) which defines a passage between a first end face (101) and a second end face (105) of the ring, it becomes possible to guide ancillary elements such as electrical lines, data cables and fiber optics past the pull wire ring (100a-e) further towards the distal end of the steerable medical device. By this measure, functionality of the distal end of the medical device is enhanced without obstructing a main lumen of the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2015Publication date: December 21, 2017Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: FRANCISCUS REINIER ANTONIUS VAN DER LINDE, FRANCISCUS JOHANNES GERARDUS HAKKENS, CORNELIS GERARDUS MARIA DE HAAS, CORNELIUS ANTONIUS NICOLAAS MARIA VAN DER VLEUTEN, ADRIANUS WILHELMUS DIONISIUS MARIA VAN DEN BIJGAART, MAURICE HUBERTUS ELISABETH VAN DER BEEK
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Publication number: 20170304010Abstract: The invention relates to an interventional apparatus comprising an interventional device with a handle (6). The handle comprises a) a first guide (20, 51) guiding an optical fiber, which is also guided within the interventional device, from a first proximal opening (14) of the handle to a distal portion (21) of the handle, wherein the first guide only has radii of curvature being larger than 10 mm, and b) a second guide (22) for guiding an elongated interventional instrument from a second proximal opening (13) of the handle to the distal portion of the handle. Since the first guide is relatively straight, the optical fiber is substantially not bent or only slightly bent and the likelihood that the interventional instrument and the optical fiber press against each other can be significantly reduced. This allows for an improved accuracy of determining the position of the interventional device by optical shape sensing.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2015Publication date: October 26, 2017Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: FRANCISCUS REINIER ANTONIUS VAN DER LINDE, FRANCISCUS JOHANNES GERARDUS HAKKENS, CORNELIS GERARDUS MARIA DE HAAS, CORNELIUS ANTONIUS NICOLAAS MARIA VAN DER VLEUTEN, ADRIANUS WILHELMUS DIONISIUS MARIA VAN DEN BIJGAART, MAURICE HUBERTUS ELISABETH VAN DER BEEK
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Patent number: 9372298Abstract: The invention relates to a luminaire that enables the use of more sparsely distributed light sources, having a uniform fixture surface brightness and good color mixing. The luminaire comprises first and second light guide layers (10, 11) optically coupled together by at least one optical coupler (12a, 12b), which allows the passage of light from the first (10) to the second light guide layer (11). The luminaire also comprises a plurality of light sources (16a, 16b), each of which being arranged such that light emitted by the light source (16a, 16b) is coupled into the first light guide layer (10) at an interface surface (17)arranged substantially perpendicularly to a longitudinal axis of the first light guide layer (10). The luminaire further comprises a scattering element (14) adapted to cause light to be emitted from an emitting surface of the second light guide layer (11).Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2012Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Siebe Tjerk De Zwart, Jochen Renaat Van Gheluwe, Wilhelmus Petrus Adrianus Johannus Michiels, Menno Van Baardwijk, Fetze Pijlman, Cornelis Gerardus Maria De Haas
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Patent number: 9157582Abstract: The invention relates to a lighting strip (100) for mounting in or on a panel support element (210) of a modular panel system (200). The lighting strip comprises an optical waveguide (120) having a tapered portion increasing in thickness from the center towards a first side of the lighting strip. The lighting strip also comprises a first plurality of solid state lighting elements (110) placed along the first side of the lighting strip, facing said tapered portion (120). The lighting strip further comprises a reflective surface (140) and a light output surface comprising a glare reducing member (130), each extending between the first side and a second side opposite to the first side. The optical waveguide is located between the reflective surface and the glare reducing member. A lighting system, panel support element (210) and modular panel system (200) including such a lighting strip (100) are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2012Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Fetze Pijlman, Hendrikus Hubertus Petrus Gommans, Wilhelmus Petrus Adrianus Johannus Michiels, Jochen Renaat Van Gheluwe, Cornelis Gerardus Maria De Haas, Menno Van Baardwijk
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Patent number: 8922121Abstract: A system comprises a light source and an electrode device (20, 30, 60). The light source comprises a base (40) with a base surface (42) on which at least two contact elements are provided. The electrode device has at least two electrodes (23, 24, 34, 35), preferably of ferromagnetic or electromagnetic material and having a different polarity during operation. Adjacent electrodes are arranged at a predetermined electrode distance. Both electrodes are provided in one layer and are arranged in an interdigitated configuration. The light source has at least two, but preferably four contact elements (43, 53, 63) arranged at a mutual spacing which is essentially compatible with said electrode distance.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2009Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventors: Oscar Hendrikus Willemsen, Stefan Marcus Verbrugh, Mark Verhoeven, Cornelis Gerardus Maria De Haas, Menno Van Baardwijk, Siebe Tjerk De Zwart, Egbert Lenderink
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Publication number: 20140192550Abstract: The invention relates to a luminaire that enables the use of more sparsely distributed light sources, having a uniform fixture surface brightness and good color mixing. The luminaire comprises first and second light guide layers (10, 11) optically coupled together by at least one optical coupler (12a, 12b), which allows the passage of light from the first (10) to the second light guide layer (11). The luminaire also comprises a plurality of light sources (16a, 16b), each of which being arranged such that light emitted by the light source (16a, 16b) is coupled into the first light guide layer (10) at an interface surface (17)arranged substantially perpendicularly to a longitudinal axis of the first light guide layer (10). The luminaire further comprises a scattering element (14) adapted to cause light to be emitted from an emitting surface of the second light guide layer (11).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2012Publication date: July 10, 2014Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Siebe Tjerk De Zwart, Jochen Renaat Van Ggeluwe, Wilhelmus Petrus Adrianus Johannus Michiels, Menno Van Baardwijk, Fetze Pijlman, Cornelis Gerardus Maria De Haas
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Publication number: 20140092622Abstract: The invention relates to a lighting strip (100) for mounting in or on a panel support element (210) of a modular panel system (200). The lighting strip comprises an optical waveguide (120) having a tapered portion increasing in thickness from the center towards a first side of the lighting strip. The lighting strip also comprises a first plurality of solid state lighting elements (110) placed along the first side of the lighting strip, facing said tapered portion (120). The lighting strip further comprises a reflective surface (140) and a light output surface comprising a glare reducing member (130), each extending between the first side and a second side opposite to the first side. The optical waveguide is located between the reflective surface and the glare reducing member. A lighting system, panel support element (210) and modular panel system (200) including such a lighting strip (100) are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2012Publication date: April 3, 2014Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Fetze Pijlman, Hendrikus Hubertus Petrus Gommans, Wilhelmus Petrus Adrianus Johannus Michiels, Jochen Renaat Van Gheluwe, Cornelis Gerardus Maria De Haas, Menno Van Baardwijk
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Publication number: 20140049980Abstract: The invention relates to a solid state lighting strip (100) for mounting in or on a panel support element (210) of a modular panel system (200). The strip comprises a plurality of solid state lighting elements (110, 110?), a light extraction layer (120) and a glare reducing layer (130). The solid state lighting elements are arranged such that the light emitted by said elements is coupled into the glare reducing layer via the light extraction layer. The solid state lighting strip (100) can be used as part of alighting system, a panel support element (210) and a modular panel system (200).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2012Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Fetze Pijlman, Wilhelmus Petrus Adrianus Johannus Michiels, Cornelis Gerardus Maria de Haas, Menno Van Baardwijk, Jochen Renaat Van Gheluwe, Siebe Tjerk De Zwart, Theodorus Johannes Petrus Van Den Biggel, Michel Cornelis Josephus Marie Vissenberg, Maarten Marinus Johannes Wilhelmus Van Herpen
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Publication number: 20100327744Abstract: A system comprises a light source and an electrode device (20, 30, 60). The light source comprises a base (40) with a base surface (42) on which at least two contact elements are provided. The electrode device has at least two electrodes (23, 24, 34, 35), preferably of ferromagnetic or electromagnetic material and having a different polarity during operation. Adjacent electrodes are arranged at a predetermined electrode distance. Both electrodes are provided in one layer and are arranged in an interdigitated configuration. The light source has at least two, but preferably four contact elements (43, 53, 63) arranged at a mutual spacing which is essentially compatible with said electrode distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2009Publication date: December 30, 2010Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.Inventors: Oscar Hendrikus Willemsen, Stefan Marcus Verbrugh, Mark Verhoeven, Cornelis Gerardus Maria De Haas, Menno Van Baardwijk, Siebe Tjerk De Zwart, Egbert Lenderink